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US 6,424,646 B1Granted
Integrated services director (ISD) overall architecture
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsIrwin Gerszberg, Robert Raymond Miller, II, Jesse Eugene Russell, Edward L. Wallace
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Abstract
A video enable answering machine having many new features including customized video announcement messages, caller ID based video announcement messages, and time based video announcement messages.
Claims38
A telephone service method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving incoming data for first and second pieces of customer premises equipment in a single multiplexed signal from a telephone switch over a telephone connection;
- demultiplexing said signal;
- converting a first portion of said incoming data to a communications protocol of said first piece of customer premises equipment;
- transmitting said first portion of said incoming data to said first piece of customer premises equipment;
- transmitting a second portion of said incoming data to said second piece of customer premises equipment, wherein said steps of transmitting said first and second portions of said incoming data are performed in accordance with priorities assigned to said first and second pieces of customer premises equipment;
- assigning a first priority level to incoming transmissions;
- assigning a second priority level to outgoing transmissions;
- and
- allocating the transmission capacity of said telephone connection according to said first and second priority levels.
6 more elements
A telephone service method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving incoming data for first and second pieces of customer premises equipment in a single multiplexed signal from a telephone switch over a telephone connection;
- demultiplexing said signal;
- transmitting a first portion of said incoming data to said first piece of customer premises equipment;
- transmitting a second portion of said incoming data to said second piece of customer premises equipment;
- receiving a multicast signal from said telephone switch;
- selectively filtering said multicast signal according to predefined preferences of a telephone customer;
- and
- delivering to said first piece of customer premises equipment the selectively filtered portion of said multicast signal.
5 more elements
A method for creating virtual telephone lines, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a digital signal over a twisted-pair wire connection from a telephone switch;
- identifying videophone data, within said digital signal, that is intended for a videophone;
- identifying digital telephone data, within said digital signal, that is intended for a digital telephone;
- identifying video data, within said digital signal, that is intended for a television set-top box;
- identifying analog telephone data, within said digital signal, that is intended for an analog telephone;
- transmitting said videophone data to a videophone;
- transmitting said digital telephone data to a digital telephone;
- transmitting said video data to a television set-top box;
- converting said analog telephone data to analog form;
- and
- transmitting said analog telephone data, in analog form, to an analog telephone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.